Hungarian Historical Phonology átkoz

átkoz 'course (verb)'

átok 'course (noun)'

First attestation/Old Hungarian data

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Important dialectal forms

a̯ótkozik (Slavonia; ÚMTSz: 272, s.v. átkozik)

Uralic/Ugric/Pre-Hungarian reconstruction

? *attV-

UEW: PUg *attɜ- 'say; sagen'

Loan etymology

None suggested

Cognates suggested in earlier research

UEW: PUg *attɜ-:

Khanty: East (V) at- 'einladen, bestellen', (Vj) at- 'einladen, bestellen'

See UEW: alɜ- Uralonet for another explanation for the etymology of the Hungarian word.

Commentary

The Ugric etymology of átkoz is presented as uncertain in UEW. The only possible cognate within Ugric is found in East Khanty. Formally East Khanty at- and Hungarian át- could be cognates, but the scarce distribution and the semantic differences raise suspicions, and the etymology cannot be considered as certain.

Conclusion

Connection between Hungarian átkoz and East Khanty at- remains uncertain.

References

MSzFE

UEW s.v. attɜ-: Proto-Ugric Uralonet